M4.0 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Mon, Jan 1, 2018, 9:41 AM GMT-12 (21:41 UTC), 366 km (228 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.4 Fiji region. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.0 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-01-01 21:41:28 UTC
- Depth
- 366.2 km (227.5 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 17.383° S, 176.995° W
- Region
- Fiji
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 15.2 km horizontally, 8.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.10
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 136°
- Stations used
- 33
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 2 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.3Fiji region · 3177 days ago · 380 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 3158 days ago · 431 km deep · 23 km away
Before
Earthquakes todayFiji earthquakesLive radar here
Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000ck22. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 4:16 PM UTC.